Canadian TM Search:

http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/app/cipo/trademarks/search/tmSearch.do?language=eng

Canadian Patent (Basic) Search:

http://patents1.ic.gc.ca/srch_sim-e.html

US TM (Basic) Search:

http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/gate.exe?f=searchss&state=gi0v4f.1.1

US Patent Search:

http://www.uspto.gov/patft/index.html

Domain Name WHOIS Search:

http://www.webnames.ca/whois.asp

Other Canadian Intellectual Property Resources:

The Copyright Page of the Canadian Intellectual Property Office:
http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/sc_mrksv/cipo/cp/cp_main-e.html

The Copyright Act (Canada):
http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/C-42/index.html

The Trade-marks Act (Canada):
http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/T-13/index.html

International Links:

Australian Trade-marks Search:
http://www.ipaustralia.gov.au/trademarks/search_index.shtmlEU Trade-marks (OHIM - Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market) search:
http://oami.europa.eu/ows/rw/pages/QPLUS/databases/searchCTM.en.doUnited Kingdom Trade-marks Search:
http://www.ipo.gov.uk/tm.htmWIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) Madrid Express Search:
http://www.wipo.int/ipdl/en/search/madrid/search-struct.jsp

Intellectual Property Law Documents (for informational purposes only)

Open Source Paper

Copyright Cases

CCH v. Law Society of Upper Canada:
http://www.canlii.org/ca/cas/scc/2004/2004scc13.html

BMG Canada Inc. v. John Doe:
http://reports.fja.gc.ca/fc/src/shtml/2005/pub/v4/2005fc36894.shtml

Robertson v. Thomson Corp.:
http://scc.lexum.umontreal.ca/en/2006/2006scc43/2006scc43.html

.CA Domain Name Resources

CIRA (Canadian Internet Registration Authority):
http://www.cira.ca/

CDRP (CIRA DOMAIN NAME DISPUTE RESOLUTION POLICY) Decisions:
BCICAC Decisions:
http://www.bcicac.com/bcicac_dap_cira.php
Resolution Canada Decisions:
http://www.resolutioncanada.ca/decisions.php

Dot-Tel Backgrounder

dot-tel-backgrounder-jan-2009-c0316257.pdf

IT Projects & Outsourcing: Resources

 
1. Alberta’s Information and Privacy Commissioner, Public Sector Outsourcing and Risks to Privacy Report http://www.oipc.ab.ca/search/DetailsPage.cfm?ID=2502
 
2. The Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants, Information Technology Outsourcing Report: Link Here
 
3. City of Toronto Computer Leasing Inquiry: http://www.toronto.ca/inquiry/
 
4. Report of Ontario’s Special Task Force on the Management of Large-Scale Information & Information Technology Projects http://www.gov.on.ca/mgs/graphics/052929.pdf

iPhone Apps: the Legal Side

For those attending the Vancouver iPhone Forum: Click Here